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Albert Menger Elected Coffee Firm President — San Antonio Express-News, 5 May 1960

A San Antonio Express-News news feature on 5 May 1960 (page 20) announcing Albert G. Menger, 42 as the new president of Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co., with G. P. Menger moving up to a newly created board chairman post and R. W. Menger elected executive vice president. The article names Master Chef Coffee and Master Chef Instant Coffee as the first two products in the company’s published consumer-and-institutional lineup (followed by H and H Coffee and Texas Girl Coffee), reports the firm as serving “more than half of the San Antonio area’s restaurants, cafes and other institutional coffee users,” and gives the company’s founding year as 1904 — a date that conflicts with the 1899 founding date used elsewhere on this site (project lore traces the firm to the 1899 W. R. Hoffmann–W. E. Hayman partnership; the 1960 article’s “established in 1904” may refer to incorporation, a partnership reconfiguration, or be a newspaper-shorthand error — see Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Company for the founding-date open question).

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MAPPING PLANS — Newly elected officers of the Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. are shown here mapping future production and sales plans. The new officers are, left to right, John C. Burkholder, vice president in charge of sales; Albert G. Menger, president; and G. P. Menger, former president who has assumed the newly formed post of board chairman.

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Albert Menger Elected Coffee Firm President

Albert G. Menger, 42, has been elected president of Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co., G. P. Menger, former president who has moved up to board chairman, announced Wednesday.

Elected executive vice president was R. W. Menger. John C. Burkholder was named vice president in charge of sales, and T. J. Menger was named secretary and treasurer.

Directors also named at the stockholders and directors meeting were G. P. Menger, R. W. Menger, A. G. Menger, August Menger and Mrs. Mildred S. Holliday.

“I am indeed proud that our directors have given the responsibility for leadership as president of this long-established San Antonio industry to my son, Albert,” the new board chairman said.

Albert Menger has been associated with the Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. for 15 years.

The local coffee roasting firm’s new president is a graduate of St. Mary’s University. After graduation, he served five years with the U.S. Air Force, returning in 1945 to join the firm.

He resides with his wife, Lemoyne, and their three children, Ruth, Barbara and Lemoyne, at 206 Robinhood.

Burkholder has been with the firm since 1945, recently serving as sales manager. He will be in charge of the firm’s entire sales area, including South Texas, from Austin to the Rio Grande Valley.

Products of the company, established in 1904, include Master Chef Coffee, Master Chef Instant Coffee, H and H Coffee, Texas Girl Coffee and other consumer and institutional brands of coffee. The firm serves more than half of the San Antonio area’s restaurants, cafes and other institutional coffee users.

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